Author(s)

Adrian Furnham^1*, Alastair McClelland²

¹Norwegian Business School (BI), Nydalveien, Oslo, Norway.
²Research Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, London, UK.

A total of 383 participants (aged 19 to 66 yrs) completed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) (Myers & McCaulley, 1985) and the California Psychological Inventory-434 (CPI-434) (Gough & Bradley, 1996). The aim was to investigate the relationship between these two measures; the one extremely popular (MBTI) and the other now much less commonly used (CPI). Correlational and regression analysis showed a modest overlap between the two measures. We also explored the higher-order factor structure of the two measures and their relationship. The results seem to indicate that the two tests were measuring different aspects of personality. Limitations are acknowledged.

Personality, MBTI, CPI, Jung, Folk Concepts, Coaching

Furnham, A. and McClelland, A. (2022) Folk Concepts and Jung: The Relationship between the California Personality Inventory (CPI) and the MBTI. Psychology, 13, 829-841. doi: 10.4236/psych.2022.135056.